Transparent candle

Abstract

To improve production efficiency and continue good burning, and to avoid to carry out troublesome separation and discarding with use of container made of glass or metals, it is provided a transparent candle having a container filled with a candle composition, the candle composition having a wick embedded therein, wherein the candle composition has a melting point of 50° C. to 70° C. while the container is formed mainly of natural wax having a melting point higher than the melting point of the candle composition. All of these materials can utilize natural materials to decrease the melting point of the candle composition, thereby resulting in not only a reduced consumption of energy required for melting the materials during manufacturing and an improved production efficiency, but also better soaking up by the wick due to its melting at low temperatures, no accumulation of soot in the wick, and allowing flames not to go out even when burning is continued.

Description

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] The present invention relates to a transparent candle formed by filling a candle composition into a given container.[0003] 2. Related Arts[0004] As conventional techniques of this kind, it is known such structures as disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patents 58-201900(A) and 58-217597(A), either of which discloses inventions directed to candle compositions.[0005] The prior art described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent 58-201900(A) is directed to a candle composition having flammable organic solvents solidified with a gelling agent of an organic compound, and describes the use of "Gel All D" (a trademark for a product of New Japan Chemical Co., Ltd.) as the gelling agent, which is derived from the condensation reaction of sorbitol and benzaldehyde and is a chemically neutral, hydrophobic, heat-resistant, powdery gelling agent.[0006] In the prior art described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent 58-217597(A), the candle composition co...

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Benefits of technology

[0011] Since the candle composition has a low melting point as stated above, there are provided good soaking up by the wick, its burning with large and soft-feeling flames, and no accumulation of soot in the wick, so that flames do not go out even and burning is continued to the end. In addition, there are also provided effects capable of not only resolving energy loss during manufacturing, but also improving the production efficiency. Furthermore, since the container of the transparent candle is mainly formed of natural wax as stated above, the transparent candle of the present invention can be discarded as an ordinary flammable waste, after use.

[0014] Forming the container so as to have an outer diameter of 40 to 50 mm and a thickness of the side wall of 3 to 4 mm, the container can be kept to have the desirable and excellent transparency, while the candle composition can be efficiently burned.

[0015] Forming the candle composition of 50 to 90% by weight of plant fat and oil, 5 to 40% by weight of natural wax, and 1 to 10% by weight of hydrogenated castor oil or a fat and oil gelling agent, the candle composition can have a melting point in the range of 50.degree. C. to 70.degree. C., and can be made into safe candles having an excellent transparency.

[0017] Furthermore, by allowing the candle composition to contain any one or more of aromatics, dyes, and pigments, the candle can have varieties of fragrance or aroma and appearance.

Problems solved by technology

Gelling agents used in these known techniques, however, have melting points of 100.degree. C. or higher, giving rise to disadvantages of not only poor efficiency in manufacturing due to requiring an extended time for complete melting of a candle composition and causing energy loss upon production, but also making it worse to soak up a melted composition into the wick because of their high melting points, and causing relatively small flames and moreover soot accumulation in the wick, with the result that flames may go out when burning is continued.

If the candle composition has a melting point lower than the lower limit of 50.degree. C., the candle composition would undesirably melt and spill out of the container during transport under some circumstances, even at normal temperature.

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